The United Nations climate conference opens today in København, but President Obama has postponed his attendance until the Dec. 18 closing so as to broker a deal. He still manages to get to Scandinavia, receiving his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday. (If the media have decreed that Bombay is now Mumbai, why hasn’t Copenhagen become København?) The EPA may announce an endangerment for CO2 finding this week.

The House convenes at 10:30 a.m. today. Major items this week are a bill to extend expiring taxes as well as H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — the financial regulation package. But first, 30 items on the suspension calendar, including bills to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act and the Federal Aviation Administration. The Leader’s floor schedule is here.

Judicial Branch: The U.S. Supreme Court this morning hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, created via Sarbanes-Oxley.

Economic Reports: Fed Chairman Bernanke speaks at the Economic Club of Washington in the early afternoon. Commerce reports wholesale inventories on Wednesday. On Thursday, Commerce reports the trade balance for October, and Friday the November retail sales report is due. October business inventories and November import and export prices are also released. (From CNNMoney.com. See also Washington Post’s “Week Ahead.”